What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78412 and 78422?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78412 and 78422 is 2.

GCF(78412,78422) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78412 and 78422, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78412 and 78422.

How to find the GCF of 78412 and 78422?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78412 and 78422. After we will calculate the factors of 78412 and 78422 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78412

Prime factors of 78412 are 2, 19603. Prime factorization of 78412 in exponential form is:

78412 = 2² × 19603¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78422

Prime factors of 78422 are 2, 113, 347. Prime factorization of 78422 in exponential form is:

78422 = 2¹ × 113¹ × 347¹

Step-3: Factors of 78412

List of positive integer factors of 78412 that divides 78412 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19603, 39206

Step-4: Factors of 78422

List of positive integer factors of 78422 that divides 78412 without a remainder.

1, 2, 113, 226, 347, 694, 39211

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78412 and 78422. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78412 and 78422 is 2.

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